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Thailand's criminal court sentences two Uyghur men to death for the 2015 Erawan Shrine bombing.

Legal case filed against health officials over their roles in the measles epidemic.

International Criminal Court investigation into Sudan's Darfur conflict.

Russian anti-war activist Maxim Kruglov is convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison.

French minister resigns over legislation allowing limited use of banned pesticides.

Former Spanish transport minister and others sentenced for bribery related to face mask contracts during the pandemic.

The Sudanese government announces plans to sue the United Arab Emirates in international courts for supporting war crimes by Rapid Support Forces.

American citizen Dena Karari was released from Iran after being detained on espionage charges since 2024.

Limitation-of-liability action by Dali's owner/manager after the Key Bridge collapse.

EPA/DOJ $310M civil penalty + $25M criminal-investigation reservation arising from the East Palestine derailment.

Mass-tort consolidation following the 2023 Lahaina wildfires.

Five Proud Boys leaders convicted of seditious conspiracy and other felonies arising from January 6.

Federal indictment of former President Trump on four counts arising from January 6 election-certification efforts.

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SCOTUS stayed OSHA's COVID-19 large-employer vaccine-or-test emergency temporary standard, holding it exceeded the agency's statutory authority.

First federal conviction of a corporate CISO for concealing a data breach from federal investigators.

First seditious-conspiracy convictions arising from January 6.

Consolidated victim-and-survivor litigation for the 2021 Surfside, FL condominium collapse.

Per curiam SCOTUS opinion enjoining New York's COVID-19 worship attendance caps under the Free Exercise Clause.

PG&E filed Chapter 11 (Jan 2019) under crushing wildfire liabilities.

MDL plus FTC/CFPB/multistate AG settlement following the 2017 Equifax breach.

Second Circuit held that NSA bulk telephony metadata collection under PATRIOT Act §215 exceeded statutory authority.

MDL by federal employees whose security-clearance records were exfiltrated.

MDL plus DOJ/EPA criminal and civil settlements following discovery of VW's defeat-device emissions cheating.

Federal prosecution of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

MDL arising from the 2013 Target POS breach.

SCOTUS held plaintiffs lacked Article III standing to challenge FISA Amendments Act §702 surveillance because they could not show concrete injury.

SCOTUS limited Alien Tort Statute jurisdiction over extraterritorial conduct.

BP pleaded guilty to 11 counts of seaman's manslaughter, one count of obstructing Congress, and Clean Water Act / Migratory Bird Treaty Act violations.

Espionage Act indictment of NSA contractor Edward Snowden for disclosures of NSA mass-surveillance programs.

Military-commission prosecution of the alleged 9/11 mastermind.

MDL consolidating claims from Deepwater Horizon.

Court-martial conviction of Manning under Espionage Act for the largest U.

SCOTUS held Guantanamo detainees have the constitutional right to petition for habeas corpus, striking the Military Commissions Act's habeas-stripping provision.

Multi-decade EFF-led litigation challenging warrantless NSA surveillance of telecom backbone.

SCOTUS struck down the Bush administration's military commissions for Guantanamo detainees as inconsistent with the UCMJ and Geneva Conventions.

MDL covering thousands of property-damage claims arising from the New Orleans levee failures during Hurricane Katrina.

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First major 9/11-conspiracy prosecution in Article III courts.

Federal prosecutions of Timothy McVeigh (convicted June 1997, executed June 2001) and Terry Nichols for the 1995 Murrah Federal Building bombing.

Class action arising from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Cross-border mass-tort litigation arising from the 1984 Bhopal disaster.

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SCOTUS (5-3) blocked completion of the nearly-finished Tellico Dam under the Endangered Species Act snail-darter listing.

The trial and execution of Udham Singh for the assassination of Sir Michael O'Dwyer.

A landmark case in consumer law decided on appeal in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

A papal encyclical issued by Pope Pius XI, prohibiting artificial birth control and abortion.

May Donoghue sues a ginger beer manufacturer for negligence after finding a snail in her drink.

Trials of leaders involved in the 1905 Russian Revolution against Tsar Nicholas II.

The Second Manifesto, prohibiting polygamy within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Australian soldiers executed for the murder of Boer prisoners of war.